Site Event/Activity record EMO4988 - 1977: AE - Kinsford ring cairn

Technique(s)

Organisation

Not affiliated

Date

May/June 1977

Description

A partial excavation in May and June 1977 was undertaken as the farmer had been permission to plough the site. This uncovered a circular stone bank 63 feet in diameter, 2 feet high with a 5 foot basal spread. A stone cairn within the enclosure may have held a cremation urn, but if so, had been robbed. This is possibly a Bronze Age ring cairn.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Serial: Devonshire Association. 1862 -. Devonshire Association reports and transactions. (H Eardley-Wilmot), Volume 112 (1980), p 171-174.
  • <2> Serial: Devon Archaeological Exploration Society newsletter no 1 (Sept 1962) - no 49 (January 1975) . Volume 8 (1977), p4.
  • <3> Serial: Exmoor Society. 1959-present. Exmoor Review. Volume 19 (1978), "Saving Exmoor's Past", p63-67 (H Eardley-Wilmot).
  • <4> Digital archive: Historic England. Various. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) entry. 636703, Extant 24 November 2021.

Map

Location

Location Kinsford Gate Cross, North Molton, Devon
Grid reference SS 7397 3659 (point)
Map sheet SS73NW
Civil Parish NORTH MOLTON, NORTH DEVON, DEVON

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Bronze Age ring cairn at Kinsford Gate Cross (Monument)

Record last edited

Nov 24 2021 2:10PM